Development of port service network in OBOR via capacity sharing: an idea from Zhejiang province in China

The ‘Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road’ (One Belt One Road, OBOR) strategy initiated by the Chinese government has a significant impact on the business and logistics modes which involves Asia, Europe, Africa, and their adjacent seas. Many countries and ports are developing new strategies that are suitable for this economic environment. Compared with many ports in the world, the ports in Zhejiang province of China have a novel property. In addition to Ningbo-Zhoushan port, there are several other sea ports and river ports in that province. In this paper, we propose a concept of port service network that consists of a huge hub and multiple ports. Ports of small and medium sizes can share their capacities of different types of port service with the hub when the service capacities are integrated into the network. We develop a mixed integer nonlinear programming model to determine the optimal decisions in such a network with constraints on the budget to conduct integration. An optimization algorithm incorporated with a genetic algorithm is developed to solve large size problems. We provide managerial insights on the policies of government, including expanding port capacity, reducing fixed integration cost, and providing better financial condition.     

Modeling the interaction between buses,passengers and cars on a bus route using a multi-agent system

This paper models part of a public transport network (PTN), specifically, a bus route, as a small-size multi-agent system (MAS). The proposed approach is applied to a case study considering a ‘real world’ bus line within the PTN in Auckland, New Zealand. The MAS-based analysis uses modeling and simulation to examine the characteristics of the observed system – autonomous agents interacting with one another – under different scenarios, considering bus capacity and frequency of service for existing and projected public transport (PT) demand. A simulation model of a bus route is developed, calibrated and validated. Several results are attained, such as when the PT passenger load is not close to bus capacity, this load has no effect on average passenger waiting time at bus stops. The model proposed can be useful to practitioners as a tool to model the interaction between buses and other agents.     

Direct generation of level of service maps from images using convolutional and long short-term memory networks

Congestion in transport stations could result in stampede development and deadly crush situations. Closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras enable station managers to monitor the crowd and reduce overcrowding risks. However, identifying congestion conditions is a very laborious task for a human operator who has to monitor multiple locations at the same time. This paper presents a new approach to automated image-based identification of congestion as measured by level of service (LOS), which is the most widely accepted standard for measuring congestion. Existing methods for measuring LOS based on crowd density estimation from images have the disadvantages that, crowd density cannot be estimated accurately. In addition, the calculation of flow parameters involves a complex process, and consequently these parameters are not indicative of congestion in real-time. This paper proposes a novel method based on machine learning to directly classify LOS without calculating flow parameters. In the proposed method, visual features extracted by a deep convolutional neural network are classified using a support vector machine classifier and the classification results are further refined by using a long short-term memory network. A second contribution of this research is to develop a web-based LOS map visualization platform to monitor pedestrian distribution and variation of distribution in real-time. Experimental evaluation at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne shows that this method can achieve an accuracy of 81.9% and efficiency of 0.40?seconds per frame in LOS classification using CCTV images.     

高速公路互通立交与服务区合建设计研究

针对高速公路互通立交与服务区合建问题,提出了合建的原则和设计要点,并以惠深高速长龙互通与镇隆服务区合建设计为例,探讨合建设计方案拟定和比选思路。     

洛溪大桥主桥2#墩承台病害的维修加固

洛溪大桥是105国道跨越珠江上的一座特大桥,于1988年8月建成通车。运营17年后,经检测发现桥墩、承台均有不同程度的病害,影响到桥梁的安全使用。文中主要介绍大桥主桥2#墩承台病害的修复设计和施工的经验。     

简析海事部门全面、有效地履行《2006年海事劳工公约》

专家预计《2006年海事劳工公约》将于2011年生效,我国将在合适时机批准该公约。公约的批准和生效将对我国海事部门的履约工作产生重大影响,如何积极应对、制定有效的对策是摆在海事部门面前重要而迫切的工作。文中着重分析了与海事部门有密切关系的条款并加以分析,希望能对海事部门有效开展履约工作提供帮助。     

航标公共网络系统建设及应用服务研究

随着航标信息化进程的不断加快,信息共享互联互通日益成为当前航标信息系统建设面临的重大课题。论文以东海海区航标信息化建设现状及发展趋势为背景,论述了航标公共网络系统建设的必要性及总体架构,分析了航标公共网络系统为涉海用户提供信息服务的方式及信息服务的内容。     

城市客运信息服务系统整合及实现模式研究

对城市客运信息服务系统的产生动因与作用机理进行了介绍,并通过对其相关技术与组织体系的互动关系分析,为实现系统整合的可能视角及方法奠定了概念背景。针对城市客运信息服务系统在城市交通体系中的定位,分别从战略、执行力和推进动力角度对系统实现模式提出了明确要求,并以此为分析基础提出了以“服务应用层战略规划”和“信息环境层协调构建”为切入点的系统整合框架。最后在实现模式上提出了从初期建设利用少量接口直接联系各服务应用系统与基础管理系统逐步向共建共享共用信息平台转换的建设策略。     

舰船综合业务传输设备的可靠性设计

针对舰船综合业务传输设备在恶劣环境条件下工作的现实,从设备结构部分的电磁兼容、热设计等方面阐述了提高舰船综合业务传输设备的可靠性设计思想,并提出了具体的设计方案.经过试验证明该方案能够有效地防止恶劣环境条件对设备的干扰,提高设备的可靠性,保证设备正常工作,对舰船通信设备的可靠性设计具有普遍的意义.     

船舶进出港规则对沿海进口散货港区航道通过能力的影响*

沿海散货船舶大型化,对配套的航道条件提出更高的要求,合理的船舶进出港规则对发挥航道通过能力起到重要的作用。利用计算机仿真技术,通过构建沿海进口散货港区船舶航行作业系统仿真模型,研究先来先服务规则、大船优先服务规则和船舶成簇进出港规则对航道通过能力的影响。结果表明:3种规则下,航道通过能力与服务水平均呈指数分布关系;先来先服务规则和大船优先服务规则对航道通过能力的影响基本相同;而对于港口规模大、航道通航历时长的港区成簇进出港规则要比前两种规则对应的航道通过能力高。